Doll swing



' Feb. 15, 1944. A. c. ANDERSON VDOLL SWING Filed Aug. 28. 1941 Patented Feb. 15, 1944 ETE STT S DTNT IDFFICE 2 Claims.

My invention relates to swings, and more especially to doll swings.

An object of my invention is to produce a swing that can be readily folded into a compact package when not in use.

Other objects and advantages of my invention will appear from a reading of my detailed description to follow of a swing embodying my in- Vention shown illustrated in my accompanying drawing which forms a part of my disclosure.

In the drawing:

Figure 1 is a front elevation View of a swing fully collapsed embodying my invention,

Figure 2 is a side elevation view of the swing,

Figure 3 is a horizontal section View of the swing taken on line 3-3 of Figure 2 and,

Figure 4 is a fractional View of a part of the swing.

As shown in the drawing, my swing includes a foldable supporting frame formed by an inner front pair and an outer rear pair of uprights I0. The uprights Ill of the respective pairs are mounted on a single dowel rod II about which the pairs of uprights I may be rotated from a folded position to the acute angular supporting position shown by the solid lines in Figure 2. The folded position of the supporting frame is shown by the dotted lines in Figure 2. Each pair of uprights I0 are connected at their bases by means of the spreaders I2. The spreader I2 applied to the inner pair of uprights Ill, as best shown in Figure 1, is made slightly shorter than the spreader I 2 attached to the lower ends of the uprights Il) of the outer pair to permit the inner pair of uprights Ill to be rotated into alignment with the outer pair of uprights I0 in the folded position.

The seat construction of my swing, to be described later, is suspended from a rod I3, preferably a steel rod, extended from one upright I0 to the other upright Il] of the inner pair of uprights by means of a pair of hanging bars I4 rotatably mounted on the rod I3.

The seat I5 of my swing comprising a pair of seat runners I6 overlaid with cross wise extending slats I'I is piVotably mounted on a seat supporting rod I9 in a manner to permit the seat I5 to be folded into plane alignment with the pair of hanging bars I4 as best shown in Figure 1 and Figure 2. The rear ends of the runners It are made hook shaped to provide notches I8 to permit the seat I5 to be hooked onto the seat back 20, see Figure 1 and Figure 4 of the drawing.

The seat back 2B is rotatably mounted on a seat back supporting rod 23 extending from one of the hanging bars I4 to the other at a point below the seat supporting rod. The seat back 2|) is made out of slats 2| fastened to an upper cross rod 24 and a lower cross rod 25 parallel to the upper cross rod 24. The cross rods 24 and 25 extend from one of the seat back runners 22 to the other seat back runner 22. The seat back runners 22 are spaced in parallel relationship to each other by the cross rods 24 and 25 in a manner to permit the seat back 20 to be folded upwardly on the outside of the hanging bars I4 to the upward slanting position, best shown in Figure 4, the position where the cross rod 25 may be brought into the notches I8 on the seat runners IB, that is to say the open position or the clamped position of the seat I5 and seat back 20.

In the clamped position the force of gravity pulling on the seat I5 holds the notches I8 up against the cross rod 25 and pulls the seat back 20 forward to the limiting position dictated by the cross rod 25 as it is brought into contact with the pair of hanging bars I4.

Since the seat back runners 22 are spaced to swing on the outside of the hanging bars I4 and the seat runners I are spaced to swing between the hanging bars I4 when the seat I5 is disconnected from the seat back 20 by lifting upwardly on the seat I5, both the seat back 20 and the seat I5 will hang in alignment with the pair of hanging bars I4, as shown by the dotted lines in Figure 2.

When the inner and outer pairs of uprights Ill are also folded together in plane alignment with each other, as shown in Figure 1, my swing is in its completely collapsed or flattened position, ready for packing.

As an optional feature of my invention I provide a notched spacing bar 26 adapted to hold the pairs of uprights Il] in proper spaced relationship. The optional spacing bar 26 would have its principal application where my swing is made in a large size for use by children or grown people. I have found from use that the spacing bar 26 is unnecessary in a small type swing such as a toy swing for a doll to swing in. The friction between the pairs of uprights I0 and the dowel rod II is sufficient to prevent the pairs of uprights I0 from spreading. The force of friction between the bases of the uprights I0 and the floor or other surface on which the bases of the uprights I0 are placed also acts to prevent the pairs of uprights from spreading. Since the angle of spread between the pairs of uprights I0 is only an acute angle, the tendency for the spread of the uprights I0 due to the downward pull of gravity is minimized.

Except for the metal rods mentioned in the description, I prefer to make the members of my above described swing out of wood, but it is to be understood that I am not limiting myself to the use of wood alone as my swing might well be fabricated entirely out of metals, metals and plastics, or other materials.

Having thus described my invention, I claim:

1. A swing comprising a supporting frame, a pair of hanging bars swingably supported on the frame, a swing seat pivotably mounted on the hanging bars along a line adjacent to the rear end of the seat, and a seat back pivotably mounted on the hanging bars below the seat, the seat back including a supporting bar extending cross wise of the seat back, the seat being provided with a notch adjacent to its rear end adapted to fit around the supporting bar of the seat back to hold the seat in an open angular relationship with the seat back.

2. The device as claimed in claim 1 wherein the seat is positioned between the hanging bars and adapted to be folded into the plane of the hanging bars and wherein the seat back is provided with a pair of runners by means of which it is attached to the hanging bars, said runners being positioned outside of the hanging bars to permit the seat back to be folded into the plane of the hanging bars.

ARTHUR C. ANDERSON. 

